Au Pair Scammer: Holly Stonfield - [email protected]

From: Holly Stonfield <[email protected]>
Subject: Au pair Job available

I am Holly Stonfield living in United State of America (7652 CartillA Ave, Califonia). I am looking for an aupair to take care of my only Daughter Jenny. Jenny is 4 years old, intelligent and Smart. I will like to know if you are available to work as aupair/nanny with my family. I am a Jounalist and i travel alot due to my preffession and that is why i always hire aupair to take care of my child while i am not around. Your duty is just to take care of Jenny and make her happy always, you will take her to school every morning and also pick her from school after school hour. I need someone that can start working immediately, so i will like to know if you are available to start working immediately. Hence, get back to me with your bio data including pictures and other relevant details about yourself if you are interested in the job and i will also send you more details about my family and the job as soon as i hear from you.

I am very much interested in you and i want you to be the next aupair for my child. I am living in United State of America and my name is Holly Stonfield, i am a Journalist and i am a very busy person as i work very hard to ensure a better life and feature for my only child. I have one child and her name is Jenny. Jenny is a shy girl and she likes sport, she is intelligent and funny and i am sure you will really enjoy your stay with her. I want you to start working as soon as possible cause i will be going for a contract soon and i can't leave Jenny all alone, that is why i want you to arrive in USA for the job as soon as possible. You will be treated as part of our family from the moment you arrive in United State and your duty is just taking sole charge of Jenny and making sure she is in a good state of health at all time, you will also take Jenny to school every morning and do some house cores when necessary. I am offering you $2500 USD monthly salary and $450 USD weekly pocket money and i will increase your salary with time if you impress me with your duty.
Henceforth, i want you to contact the company in charge of the processing of your travel and working documents. The name of the company is American Migration Expert and they are based in United State, they also have a branch in United Kingdom and Russian Federation. The company help my previous aupairs to process there travel and they are fast in the processing. The travel company contact details is as follows.
Company Name: American Migration Expert
Phone number (USA): +1(315) 629-8408
Phone numbers (UK): +447031884993
Email: [email protected]
Nevertheless, you are to contact the travel company immediately for inquiry regarding immediate processing of your travel and working papers and get back to me as soon as you hear from them. I look forward to your response as soon as you hear from the company. I attached my family pictures and i will like to see your pictures also.
Best Regards

This scammer also pretends to be called Rob Chapman, Harrison Smith, Bolt Guerguy, Dave & Leslie Jasper, Andy, Matt Stonfield, and Stephen Guerg. You can read about the fake Rob Chapman here:

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You will notice that 'Rob Chapman' uses the same email address - [email protected] - as the American Migration Expert above:

Sender: [email protected]
Reply-To: [email protected]
Received: by 10.223.72.206 with HTTP; Sun, 23 Jan 2011 16:06:22 -0800 (PST)
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 16:06:22 -0800
Subject: Au pair Service Needed
From: Rob Chapman <[email protected]>

'Holly Stonfield' also sends out a UK version of the scam:

Thanks for the response, i want you to know that i am interested in you and i want you to be the next au pair in my family and i want you to start working soon. I am Holly Stonfield a Civil Engineer based in England, i am higly consumed by my profession which in turn affect my ability to take care of my only child as a Father cause i am always busy. So, i need you to help me in taking care of Sandra and make her happy always. Though i am working to ensure a better future for her as she is the only one i have since i lost her mother in a Auto crash accident and i want her to be happy always. I want you to start working soon as my previous aupair contract ended last week and she has left UK for her home country to continue her education so i need you to replace the previous aupair soon and start working in my family. As i said in my previous email your duty is taking care of Sandra at all cost and making sure she's happy always. Sandra is 5 years old very intelligent and funny, i am sure you will enjoy your stay with her and you will not regret joining our family as aupair cause we will treat you as part of the family from the moment you start working in my family. You will also take Sandra to school every morning and do little house work like cleaning and cooking when necessary though we have a cook and a house keeper but sometimes you might need to do it yourself.
I have prepared a room for you in my house so you don't have to pay for rent as it will be a live in position but it is okay by me if you think otherwise living outside my house as far as it will not affect your duty. You will have your own seperate room, well furnished room with a Television, Computer with internet and DVD. I will expect you to work for 40 hours weekly from Monday thru Friday with weekends OFF. I will like to know if you are okay with the salary offer of 1,900 pounds monthly and a weekly pocket money of 160 pounds for your phone bills, transport and other little bills.
Henceforth, i want you to contact the law firm in charge of the processing of your travel and working documents. The name of the law firm is UK IMMIGRATION SOLICITORS and they are based in United Kingdom, they also have chambers in United States and Russian Federation. The law firm help my previous aupairs to process there travel and they are fast in the processing. The law firm contact details is as follows.
Company Name: UK IMMIGRATION SOLICITORS
Phone number (USA): +1 650 515 3727
Phone numbers (UK): +44 117 230 3361
Emails: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: http://www.britishimmigrationsolicitors.tk
Contact the law firm immediately for the processing of your travel and working papers and get back to me. I don't have more of my pictures on PC yet but i'll scan more pictures soon and send them to you.
Hoping to read from you ASAP.
Holly Stonfield

You will notice that the same UK telephone number - +44 117 230 3361 - is used when the scammer is pretending to be Bolt Guerguy:

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Contact the travel agency via the details below.
MR. Wale Johnson
Email for enquiries: [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected]
phone #: +44 117 230 3361 or +448003336677
web link: http://www.startravelandtour.co.uk/

and again when pretending to be Harrison Smith:

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i want you to contact the Law firm in charge of the processing of your travel and working documents. The name of the Law firm is Ben Legal Practice and they are based in United Kingdom. The Law firm help my previous aupairs to process there travel and working documents and they are fast in the processing. So, you have to register with the Law firm on there website below for background check-up. Contact the Law firm via the details below.
Email for enquiries: [email protected] or [email protected]
phone #: +44 117 230 3361 or +44 702 409 9756
web link: http://www.legalpractitionals.tk

That telephone number and Helen Stonfield's fake UK Immigration Solicitor's USA phone number are also used by the scammer when pretending to be Dave and Leslie Jasper:

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Company Name: Ben Laws and International Law Practice
Phone number (USA): +1 650 515 3727
Phone numbers (UK): +44 117 230 3361
Russia Branch: +79649913801
Emails: [email protected]
Website: http://www.benlaw.tk

This same scammer has also used the name Andy:

viewtopic.php?f=34&t=12752&p=39742

Matt Stonfield:

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and Stephen Guerg:

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I just received an offer as an Au Pair in Gloucester, UK from Max Pyle, which appears to be another identity of [email protected] .

Dear Aupair/Nanny,
I am Max Pyle living in Gluocester UK and i need an aupair to help
with caring for my child Jenny.
I have choose to hire an aupair from EU region cause i need someone
that can start soon and i am sure an aupair from EU region wouldn't
need much documents to come to UK and this will help us in getting an
aupair quick i think.
Hence, let me know if you are available immediately so that i can
furnish you more about my family and with your duty details and Salary
offer.
Hope to hear from you soonest possible.
Cheers

And right after my answer:

I am satisfied with your response and you can start working in August.
I definitely believe you will be a good companion for my child. Our
main priority is for you to be a friendly and kids loving person and
with all i have read of you so far i believe you are.
I will like you to confirm the arrival date better and let me know of
that in due time so that i can also plan our schedule ahead to pick
you up at the airport when you arrived. Mind you try and choose a
weekend arrival so that i can be well available to give you every
support necessary.
Once again your salary is £1,500 monthly and you will also be paid
£145 weekly pocket money. i have decided to offer you a very high
salary to enable you pay rent and municipal charges and also have some
saving while living in London.
As for your stay duration we hope to sign a six months contract with
you for a start and extend the contract if we are satisfied with your
services and if your are also willing to continue working with our
family but it is okay if you wish to sign less duration agreement.
Waiting your immediate reply.
Cheer

Hello Destitute, and welcome to ScamWarners.

Thank you for posting this. As you can tell by the previous post, this scammer - like most scammers - changes his fake identity quite frequently, and it is very helpful to know his latest fake name.

I'm also very glad that you recognised this as a scam!

Another new fake name which this scammer is using: Vanessa Lauger. You can read about this scam here:

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A new one to be added.

The email I received:

Dear Au pair/Nanny,
We are the Newton family searching for aupair to help us with taking
care of our kids. We are a British family living in California but
moving to UK very soon and we need an aupair/nanny to help us with
taking care of our children when we get to UK. Kindly let us know if
you are interested in working with our family and also let us know how
soon you are available cause we will be moving to the UK soon. We will
send you more details about your duty and our family as soon as you
reply confirming your interest to work with us.
Our present home address in California is 24 Cove Ln Redwood, CA
94065, USA. You can reach me via phone or email, my phone number is
+13233454912.
I attached a picture of our children to this email and i will try to
scan more pictures in my free time and send to you.

This time the email was sent by [email protected] behalf of: Lambert Newton([email protected])

Welcome here newbee.

Thank you for posting this valuable information, as it can save other potential victims when they go searching for information about this.

Thank you, newbee! I have now posted further details about Lambert Newton's scam here:

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Hi I got a message from Marvin family. When I put their e-mail address to google, I found their address on this page.
Here is an e-mail that they send me (with link to their "private" page):
We found your profile on Au pair website and we are very much interested in you. Kindly see my family profile for more details and get back to me. Here is my family profile again for your reference http://hostfamilyprofile.dinstudio.com/
Please can you tell me...is it scam? If so...why they are doing this? What should happen if I didn´t find this page and became "their au-pair"?
Thank you very much.
Monika

It is a scam.

You would never actually become their au-pair, because they are not a real family, and they don't have a real job to offer. They are African scammers using stolen photos of real people. Their goal is to steal your money.

The scammers want to convince you that you have been hired, and then they will send you to someone (a travel agent, home office, maybe even a landlord.) This person will require that you send money in order to get visas/plane tickets/an apartment to live in, etc.

In reality, that person is the scammers themselves, and any money you send goes straight into the scammers' pockets.

http://hostfamilyprofile.dinstudio.com/

Marvin Family
Email Address: [email protected]
Phone Number: 0012069059380
Address: 26th Ave Ne , Seattle, Washinton 98125

The web site is in the porcess of being reported for fraud.

This scammer, who pretends to be the Marvin family, recently used the same fake profile when pretending to be called Stefano Marlo. You can see this here:

viewtopic.php?f=42&t=43401

He also pretends to be called Frederick Ferrari and Robert Mcleland. You can read about this scam here:

viewtopic.php?f=42&t=36063

You will see that, as Dotti mentioned above, this scammer usually pretends that an au pair needs to rent an apartment in London. The scammer then sends emails pretending to be an Estate Caretaker, and tells au pairs that they must send a deposit for this apartment.

All money sent is stolen by the scammer.